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Zoë Carpenter

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ViewsFriday, April 18, 2014 - 7:30amNot One More: Can These Hunger Strikers Stop Obama’s Deportations?When José Valdez talks about his son Jaime, his eyes shine. “He is one of the sweetest young men you’ll ever meet,” José said on Wednesday through an interpreter. “I don’t say that just because I’m his father. He’s a young man who likes to help people. He thinks about humanity. Anytime he sees...Read more

ViewsWednesday, April 16, 2014 - 9:00amThe Tax Breaks That Are Killing the PlanetExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil company, hauled in a $32.6 billion profit last year. Chief executive Rex Tillerson got a 3 percent bump in his pay package, sending it above $28 million. And today the company gets its annual boost from the federal government: an estimated $600 million in tax...Read more

ViewsSunday, April 13, 2014 - 8:15amCould Working on Keystone XL Give You Cancer, Asthma?Two prominent public health organizations are pressing the State Department to study the public health implications of the Keystone XL pipeline before reaching a decision on its approval. “There is an increasing recognition that the environments in which people live, work, learn and play have a...Read more

ViewsFriday, April 4, 2014 - 8:00amFort Hood: A Tragic Reminder of the Military’s Mental Health CrisisIvan Lopez, the man military officials say opened fire yesterday at Fort Hood, Texas, killing three and wounding sixteen, reportedly suffered from depression and anxiety, and had trouble sleeping. Doctors prescribed him a number of drugs, and evaluated him for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder...Read more

ViewsWednesday, March 19, 2014 - 7:19amWhy the NRA Is Blocking Obama’s Surgeon General NomineeThe post of the surgeon general has been vacant since July, and it looks likely to remain that way for some time thanks to a strident campaign led by the National Rifle Association and libertarian Senator Rand Paul against President Obama’s nominee, Dr. Vivek Murthy.Read more

ViewsThursday, February 27, 2014 - 11:48amKeystone XL Might Make You Sick, LiterallyEver since President Obama announced that the Keystone XL pipeline would only be in the national interest if it “does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution,” the project has been scrutinized primarily on those terms.Read more